JAY Z has been winning for a while now, having topped the charts, sold millions of records and made more money the damn near all of his Rap peers (or peers, period). His latest achievement seems to bring him an entirely new level of happiness: following the announcement back in February, yesterday saw Hov formally inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, a first for Hip-Hop.

Even President Barack Obama gave JAY an extra special shoutout (which was presumably played during the ceremony).

In celebration of, JAY Z opened up via Twitter, paying tribute to everyone that has inspired him (past, present and future)…there were some surprises that came with his huge moment of social media transparency: